1 00:00:17,89 --> 00:00:22,58 Tonight we welcome naturalised head of Renard magdaléna here Ephraim the white 2 00:00:22,59 --> 00:00:26,37 Wildlife Fund to share their knowledge and wisdom about how we can best protect 3 00:00:26,38 --> 00:00:26,87 hole-Y. 4 00:00:27,13 --> 00:00:34,94 Sea turtles so please welcome and Magda thank you thank 5 00:00:34,95 --> 00:00:37,28 you. Thank you so much Danny. 6 00:00:42,20 --> 00:00:48,73 So 1st of all thank you everyone who's here tonight and for watching those of you 7 00:00:48,74 --> 00:00:49,76 at home it's 8 00:00:49,77 --> 00:00:53,96 a pleasure to be here again we really love the support of who for our local 9 00:00:53,97 --> 00:00:58,90 community and in fact our nonprofit is powered by our community if it weren't for 10 00:00:58,91 --> 00:01:05,62 our community our volunteers we wouldn't be nearly as successful and have quite the 11 00:01:05,63 --> 00:01:10,79 ability to do it we do so thank you so much to everybody as you heard we are 12 00:01:10,80 --> 00:01:17,28 nonprofit away Wildlife Fund and I am head of an art this is Magdalena Kerry and 13 00:01:17,29 --> 00:01:22,60 she is running our holy watch program where we watch over the green turtles and our 14 00:01:22,61 --> 00:01:27,37 marine debris recovery program so cleaning the marine debris off the beaches when 15 00:01:27,38 --> 00:01:32,81 the most significant catchment zones on Maui so if you. 16 00:01:34,15 --> 00:01:39,20 Might remember this film red turtle rising that we're here to help share with you 17 00:01:39,56 --> 00:01:45,74 what was actually produced by Jay April and don't ever go and get their 18 00:01:46,15 --> 00:01:52,88 THANK YOU THANK YOU. We're so grateful for the work that 19 00:01:52,89 --> 00:01:57,90 you've done and continue to do to help us raise awareness about our sea turtles and 20 00:01:57,91 --> 00:02:03,37 their plight because they are not Rick. Havard they are moving toward recovery the 21 00:02:03,38 --> 00:02:07,75 Greens are those are still critically endangered I want to talk more about that 22 00:02:07,76 --> 00:02:13,51 after the show so I believe we'll have the show 1st and then we'll talk after that 23 00:02:13,52 --> 00:02:20,48 magdaléna say. Just want to introduce my safe My name is Carrie just 24 00:02:20,49 --> 00:02:25,86 from to 80 I've been here for 15 years and I just want to say thank you to T.V.'s 25 00:02:26,25 --> 00:02:30,99 to make this happen tonight and you guys come tonight so just enjoy the movie and 26 00:02:31,00 --> 00:02:32,62 we talk after Thank you. 27 00:02:42,38 --> 00:02:49,25 At the time of the earth because. You. Would have 28 00:02:49,26 --> 00:02:53,67 been stranded. At 29 00:02:53,68 --> 00:03:00,05 a time when the sun was starting to cause the moon to shine. The light gave birth. 30 00:03:01,89 --> 00:03:08,73 To the sea it creeps up to the. Creeps. Creeps for. Producing the family 31 00:03:08,74 --> 00:03:15,13 of. Advancing the front settling. 32 00:03:18,70 --> 00:03:20,33 Give birth to produce 33 00:03:20,34 --> 00:03:27,13 a return to play in the city and. The night gives birth to 34 00:03:27,14 --> 00:03:34,05 prolifically. To. Reach of. The 35 00:03:34,06 --> 00:03:40,31 night gives birth to breath. The night produces turtles 36 00:03:40,98 --> 00:03:46,94 night gives birth to her bed. The night gives. 37 00:03:50,26 --> 00:03:56,27 The whole of his maternal figure she's the mother she represents the 38 00:03:57,01 --> 00:04:01,61 set is always there. C.Q. 39 00:04:01,61 --> 00:04:08,27 . The great. For. Generals never trust think 40 00:04:08,28 --> 00:04:13,99 people should just get on this lead the people can go and people had enough weight 41 00:04:14,00 --> 00:04:20,09 of trouble but if it other good fish but did not afraid of trying. To call them. 42 00:04:21,33 --> 00:04:27,72 To give them this title of people because then we don't forget that they are hard 43 00:04:27,73 --> 00:04:33,58 to get. People to see. 44 00:04:37,50 --> 00:04:42,34 People because this gives them importance in our lives and they end it elevates 45 00:04:43,14 --> 00:04:46,64 these beings that of human beings and that's 46 00:04:46,65 --> 00:04:51,80 a very annoying thing to do as I say we come from the ocean so. You know you know 47 00:04:51,84 --> 00:04:58,42 blood to us you know with food and share and want to help people. Up 48 00:04:58,43 --> 00:05:04,31 until here. I don't know what other side but an all is. 49 00:05:05,32 --> 00:05:06,58 OK if for you so. 50 00:05:27,37 --> 00:05:28,06 Long ago in 51 00:05:28,07 --> 00:05:34,13 a place called. Accountable woman taketh when her daughter the oldest need on to 52 00:05:34,14 --> 00:05:40,30 the nearby pools. People could not find fresh water to drink and the children were 53 00:05:40,31 --> 00:05:45,45 dying of thirst. It was 54 00:05:45,46 --> 00:05:52,16 a time of soon. To supernatural turtle Smith and the sea. 55 00:05:54,64 --> 00:05:58,34 Fight that it took me and I knew in. Church. 56 00:06:02,74 --> 00:06:07,24 From the union came a little mermaid. No one had ever seen 57 00:06:07,25 --> 00:06:13,78 a child so wise or so beautiful. The people gave her the name because her 58 00:06:13,79 --> 00:06:19,99 skin was the color of brown to live with. Camilla used to turtle that was to dig 59 00:06:20,00 --> 00:06:25,27 fresh water springs for the people that. She would often take the human form of 60 00:06:25,28 --> 00:06:26,77 a little girl or 61 00:06:26,78 --> 00:06:32,82 a beautiful young maiden. Play with the children and keep them safe from the 62 00:06:32,83 --> 00:06:39,16 dangers of the sea. To live as a shy to her and whether she felt 63 00:06:39,17 --> 00:06:40,65 a little sick to 64 00:06:40,66 --> 00:06:46,23 a dive into the bay transformed herself that into her turtle form and swim in the 65 00:06:46,24 --> 00:06:52,55 waters near the sacred place of her black sand berth. Now no 66 00:06:53,20 --> 00:06:59,89 Wheelus troubled she waits for us for our thought. It is time for us to 67 00:06:59,90 --> 00:07:06,57 return the favor for an ancient legacy is in great peril. Some form of sea turtle 68 00:07:06,58 --> 00:07:13,02 has existed for that wooden 50000000 years. Did in an ocean that once teeming with 69 00:07:13,03 --> 00:07:19,71 turtles. Precious few remain. On new or green sea turtle 70 00:07:20,10 --> 00:07:24,68 is the one species of turtle most often seen swimming in feeding on the algae in 71 00:07:24,69 --> 00:07:30,86 the near shore waters of the when islands. 3 feet long she can weigh 400 pounds and 72 00:07:30,87 --> 00:07:34,75 live for more than 100 years. But she is only 73 00:07:34,76 --> 00:07:41,06 a frequent visitor to the sands of the. As she makes her way to the sea she's about 74 00:07:41,07 --> 00:07:41,95 to embark on 75 00:07:41,96 --> 00:07:48,67 a long ologists journey. She wanted time to nest at the beach of birth 800 miles 76 00:07:49,19 --> 00:07:56,15 west of French frigate. Escobedo what just the 77 00:07:56,16 --> 00:08:01,82 green sea turtle sister sing belief this way sir she. Tenser attention to another 78 00:08:01,83 --> 00:08:08,73 species of turtle that has lived here for millenia. The rarest seldom seen 79 00:08:09,10 --> 00:08:16,03 and the most sacred of all turtles. And yet. Spills to. 80 00:08:17,23 --> 00:08:19,43 The mysterious red total of. 81 00:08:24,76 --> 00:08:30,69 The most tries to kill in all the world. Hunted nearly to extinction for the 82 00:08:30,73 --> 00:08:37,62 unmatched beauty of them shall. Still turtles distinguished from other turtles 83 00:08:37,63 --> 00:08:44,16 but solitary nature its unique diet of sponges and its distinctive like beak. 84 00:08:45,33 --> 00:08:49,89 It is the most critically endangered of turtles in all the Pacific and is on the 85 00:08:49,90 --> 00:08:51,64 verge of disappearing from 86 00:08:51,65 --> 00:09:06,74 a birthplace It has known for millions of years. The 87 00:09:06,75 --> 00:09:13,36 big island of Hawaii is home to the fire goddess pit creator and destroyer she 88 00:09:13,37 --> 00:09:19,61 continues to forge new land the she pours molten lava into the sea it is here on 89 00:09:19,62 --> 00:09:24,35 this burning island that the majority of known about spill nesting females that 90 00:09:24,36 --> 00:09:28,59 still remain in the line waters born and returned to lay their eggs. 91 00:09:33,08 --> 00:09:38,04 Because their numbers are now so small and so few they will need help in order to 92 00:09:38,05 --> 00:09:38,39 survive. 93 00:09:45,28 --> 00:09:46,25 And the end is 94 00:09:46,26 --> 00:09:50,81 a volunteer with the hospital total Monitoring Program at Volcano National Park 95 00:09:51,33 --> 00:09:54,93 during nesting season from June to November because she's part of 96 00:09:54,94 --> 00:10:00,65 a round the clock team that keeps track of nesting females and watches nests. For 97 00:10:00,66 --> 00:10:07,32 emerging hatchlings. Like at the gate at the Ritz the tunnel becomes reprogram 98 00:10:07,71 --> 00:10:12,02 he estimates that there may be less than $100.00 adult spills living today in one 99 00:10:12,03 --> 00:10:17,86 waters and less than half of those are mature females like most species when you 100 00:10:17,87 --> 00:10:24,45 become endangered when they become very low numbers. It's very it's been documented 101 00:10:24,46 --> 00:10:27,90 that inbreeding can occur and when that happens then you could easily lose 102 00:10:27,91 --> 00:10:34,58 a population so we need to increase the numbers drop and at this stage when they're 103 00:10:34,59 --> 00:10:39,84 only down to you know 3035 I mean you we we need to take some action. 104 00:10:42,31 --> 00:10:47,38 Fortunately for the spill one of the favorite nesting beaches happens to be the 105 00:10:47,39 --> 00:10:54,32 most food stamps in Haiti. This is coming from 106 00:10:54,33 --> 00:10:59,93 a beach one of only 10 don't have spilled nesting grounds in the entire year away 107 00:11:00,03 --> 00:11:06,87 and nesting habitat here at coming home is very small the entire betaking can 108 00:11:06,88 --> 00:11:12,00 see is several 100 meters long however only 109 00:11:12,01 --> 00:11:19,00 a small force maybe about 30 to 40 meters where that help off the vegetation 110 00:11:19,01 --> 00:11:25,33 and meet stuff blacks and that is the preferred. Nesting habitat for this Oh no 111 00:11:25,76 --> 00:11:30,42 with the Hawks mailed the rest of this meat just inundated by high tides and storm 112 00:11:30,43 --> 00:11:36,58 way so it's just not that it will pass through. No real mess hall have an. 113 00:11:38,96 --> 00:11:44,80 OK. Number 5 habitat that is shared with deadly 114 00:11:45,81 --> 00:11:51,94 OK guys. Here's one to maybe caught for. For 115 00:11:51,95 --> 00:11:57,64 a couple hours. The dreaded Mungo's is an efficient killer 116 00:11:58,51 --> 00:11:59,29 imported more than 117 00:11:59,30 --> 00:12:04,58 a century ago. Controlled rodent populations Instead it helped to devastate at 118 00:12:04,59 --> 00:12:10,88 least native birds some to extinction if not kept in check it would do the same for 119 00:12:10,89 --> 00:12:15,79 Huntsville eggs and baby things since the beginning of the turtle monitoring 120 00:12:15,80 --> 00:12:22,35 program in 1902 more than 500 men goose had been removed from the area around. 121 00:12:26,48 --> 00:12:33,42 And Mungo's not. Rats feral cats and the wild pigs also threaten total 122 00:12:33,43 --> 00:12:38,56 nets so every morning and we have to check this this picture out there is trails 123 00:12:38,57 --> 00:12:45,51 coming. Back there. This morning does it look like pigs coming and going in 124 00:12:45,52 --> 00:12:50,44 this area the. Still quite they're not taken from yesterday. 125 00:12:53,55 --> 00:12:58,29 We need to check it every day there's pigs throughout this area and likewise there 126 00:12:58,29 --> 00:13:05,13 . They almost got to some of the turtle nests. As it's yeah I was 127 00:13:05,14 --> 00:13:10,59 throwing your hands away I'm going to feel how much weight it takes to close the 128 00:13:10,63 --> 00:13:16,27 door OK. It takes 129 00:13:16,28 --> 00:13:18,98 a lot. OK. 130 00:13:23,98 --> 00:13:30,86 So we say. We. Hope we get the door 131 00:13:30,87 --> 00:13:36,72 open. Though. 132 00:13:41,09 --> 00:13:47,42 For in the year and. Who To year old. 133 00:13:49,57 --> 00:13:54,06 Night falls over come in. In the wee hours of the morning 134 00:13:54,40 --> 00:14:00,05 a prehistoric ritual begins. A B. 135 00:14:00,86 --> 00:14:05,80 And says to some of the Rise And Fall Of The Dinosaurs stews in the ocean depths 136 00:14:06,49 --> 00:14:12,51 and the Burgess from the sea. The NAME IS GOING TO HIM UP speech and 137 00:14:13,29 --> 00:14:18,97 returning to the place of her own birth she he'd subprime evil she cannot ignore. 138 00:14:20,11 --> 00:14:26,62 Deep in her with Gillian mind she knows there is an inescapable destiny she must. 139 00:14:30,83 --> 00:14:36,74 Give birth to those who produce eggs in the produce and multiply it. Here they are 140 00:14:36,75 --> 00:14:37,09 only. 141 00:14:46,24 --> 00:14:53,15 Looks like are one of. Them say. That What's the other number for you 142 00:14:53,46 --> 00:15:00,06 think. You are one and I know this is the turn of from last night till you. It is 143 00:15:00,16 --> 00:15:04,09 George Bonanno as of National Marine Fisheries Service wants to make sure he has 144 00:15:04,10 --> 00:15:10,61 a positive ID. Since only one of the 1000 145 00:15:10,90 --> 00:15:15,49 maybe only one in 10000 baby turtles will ever have to out make it to the sea and 146 00:15:15,50 --> 00:15:20,84 reach adulthood this unaware mother would return here to nest 3 to 5 more times 147 00:15:20,85 --> 00:15:25,39 this year in one season she may lay nearly a 1000 a C. 148 00:15:25,77 --> 00:15:30,99 I. Think I once saw 149 00:15:31,09 --> 00:15:37,22 a show with giving birth and there are all these jobs you know into the set and 150 00:15:37,23 --> 00:15:41,86 they can see they whoever is of stuff are caught her eye is and you can see that 151 00:15:41,90 --> 00:15:48,43 here is nothing to hide her eyes just see she isn't working where I 152 00:15:48,90 --> 00:15:54,05 fell flat. And this is been oh oh oh cool. 153 00:15:55,62 --> 00:16:02,23 GODDESS you might see their male turtles the female is that S.S. 154 00:16:02,24 --> 00:16:03,34 More important as 155 00:16:03,35 --> 00:16:09,81 a creature. In the hallway and chance of creation it is always the night 156 00:16:10,32 --> 00:16:16,33 the night that gives birth to moves will come and go before baby things awaken 157 00:16:16,34 --> 00:16:22,32 black sand to begin their predestined March to the scene. The little turtle goddess 158 00:16:22,33 --> 00:16:28,69 to look bids us listen to an ancient refrain from the people there early Oh yeah 159 00:16:28,70 --> 00:16:32,33 man whom they would. Really only. 160 00:16:35,54 --> 00:16:40,31 Make lingers for track leavers born to some mill for the never upstream the female 161 00:16:40,32 --> 00:16:42,21 for the broad stream if one is 162 00:16:42,22 --> 00:16:48,09 a turtle living in the sea are added by the male is sadly I think. Oh yeah well. 163 00:16:49,85 --> 00:16:55,47 This is what track to the cool. He said reverence for life and. 164 00:16:56,69 --> 00:17:03,53 Questioning. What life is where it comes from and where it goes where 165 00:17:03,54 --> 00:17:06,94 for more for example mines over but that's 166 00:17:06,95 --> 00:17:13,36 a question when he does that answer just try to even bring up. 167 00:17:14,27 --> 00:17:19,35 Potentially it's always there but it's the unasked question the answer to why. It 168 00:17:19,36 --> 00:17:24,05 does that go over into the world they register how we're doing what we should 169 00:17:24,06 --> 00:17:28,48 protect the Church of the it doesn't ask that or say that this is these animals are 170 00:17:28,49 --> 00:17:35,06 worthy of our respect this is any of that at all this is the process this is the 171 00:17:35,07 --> 00:17:41,13 result so be it our. Will made. 172 00:17:48,82 --> 00:17:49,14 A lot. 173 00:18:20,72 --> 00:18:20,100 More. 174 00:18:52,63 --> 00:18:59,03 Common. Be 175 00:18:59,04 --> 00:19:04,48 a calamity a color AMY A. Calamity a calamity 176 00:19:04,49 --> 00:19:09,67 a color. A miracle a mediate call 177 00:19:09,68 --> 00:19:24,100 a mediator. Thank 178 00:19:25,70 --> 00:19:26,80 Dave brakes overcome 179 00:19:26,81 --> 00:19:32,76 a hum but the night's work is not yet. Waits patiently. 180 00:19:34,34 --> 00:19:38,82 As biologists but honest at times especially designed satellite transmitter to push 181 00:19:39,74 --> 00:19:44,47 to become one of the world's 1st high tech caulk spills allows hopes that by 182 00:19:44,48 --> 00:19:48,86 tracking her movements of the sea she can help them learn more about how to protect 183 00:19:49,41 --> 00:19:55,09 spills and. It is not often that sea creatures take to the Nile and 184 00:19:56,06 --> 00:20:01,39 released from her strange detention. Transmitter Tuttle outfitted with 185 00:20:01,40 --> 00:20:07,59 a brand new intent seems to be to go to the sea but she'll be back 2 or 3 years 186 00:20:07,60 --> 00:20:14,24 from now to try again under cover of night to nest on this ferry in the meantime 187 00:20:14,69 --> 00:20:16,98 she will swim quite a journey 188 00:20:17,39 --> 00:20:23,96 a journey she will share with all the world. If the 189 00:20:23,97 --> 00:20:28,63 transmitter crew's plan is successful it will be able to determine the migratory 190 00:20:28,64 --> 00:20:33,67 routes for forging habits and learn precisely where she goes after she leaves from 191 00:20:33,68 --> 00:20:40,18 this to be sure they will learn for the 1st time whether. When hawksbill turtle is 192 00:20:40,19 --> 00:20:45,48 a stay at home type both Voyager to the shores of distant islands and beyond. 193 00:21:01,04 --> 00:21:01,24 As 194 00:21:01,25 --> 00:21:06,06 a navigate calls the what is feeding on sponges and an occasional crustacean along 195 00:21:06,07 --> 00:21:11,14 living coral reefs Hawks spills will encounter many forms of sea life. 196 00:21:22,70 --> 00:21:27,32 Sometimes they will encounter their more social and curious cousins the green sea 197 00:21:27,33 --> 00:21:27,66 to. 198 00:21:36,89 --> 00:21:40,75 The limit there is satellite tracking of hawk spills and how he seems to indicate 199 00:21:40,76 --> 00:21:44,79 then an interest in population maybe remain in the way and want to score on 200 00:21:44,80 --> 00:21:51,63 Lifetime. You're right about that the try to where she is today now yeah according 201 00:21:51,64 --> 00:21:58,27 to the last satellite radio in this settle this turtle is. Off north shore of Maui 202 00:21:58,28 --> 00:22:03,10 How has this that's the 1st time we're finding out the whole swells move on now to 203 00:22:03,11 --> 00:22:09,98 another island but it's still not settled with. Anyone who is thinking of 204 00:22:09,99 --> 00:22:15,34 coming home to nest 2 on the shores of might want to think twice this once brought 205 00:22:15,35 --> 00:22:20,29 on an expensive nesting beaches no stream didn't rip it severely you bred to do in 206 00:22:20,30 --> 00:22:26,28 large part to men made classes beach erosion made worse by development to the north 207 00:22:26,87 --> 00:22:31,61 people driving vehicles on top of sand dunes we're going to like to dig down it's 208 00:22:32,08 --> 00:22:38,76 the existence of the road next to Prime spill total habitat. Road 209 00:22:39,05 --> 00:22:43,83 but it's still that these 2 pregnant sea turtles since 1993. 210 00:22:50,06 --> 00:22:52,96 Really believe he's the Jeffrey Smith of the U.S. 211 00:22:52,97 --> 00:22:58,49 Fish and Wildlife Service manages the Chilean upon national Well let's refuge next 212 00:22:58,50 --> 00:23:02,100 to the spill in that sting area. We're pulling over in the area where the trouble 213 00:23:03,01 --> 00:23:05,62 is that you know. About an 8th of 214 00:23:05,63 --> 00:23:10,98 a mile from the turtle crossing sign along the State Highway $31.00 North and this 215 00:23:10,99 --> 00:23:11,84 is the area where 216 00:23:11,88 --> 00:23:16,57 a large female Hawksbill sea turtle got to. All along the highway and she was 217 00:23:16,58 --> 00:23:21,45 trying to say nothing here and you can see how highly eroded they are they're only 218 00:23:21,46 --> 00:23:24,37 a couple of feet wide in places and no more than 219 00:23:24,38 --> 00:23:28,81 a foot or 2 high so what's happened with erosion the high tide line is come 220 00:23:28,82 --> 00:23:34,55 practically to the road that means the turtles are trying to nest the guy. Coming 221 00:23:35,09 --> 00:23:41,41 in. And it may be that headlights are distorting them when they come up this close 222 00:23:41,56 --> 00:23:48,42 but signing directly on. Me drawn more onto the road the sad thing about this was 223 00:23:48,43 --> 00:23:48,67 it was 224 00:23:48,68 --> 00:23:55,55 a 230 pound. Adult female and she was just loaded with shit 225 00:23:55,56 --> 00:24:00,16 eggs in her better body cavity that where they were writing for the next nesting 226 00:24:00,17 --> 00:24:05,72 cycle the turtles can remain asked the couple of weeks and up to 6 times in the 227 00:24:05,73 --> 00:24:07,33 season they can lay a bunch of 228 00:24:07,34 --> 00:24:13,65 a 100 or more in the last not only that beautiful reproductive age. Lost all of 229 00:24:13,66 --> 00:24:17,74 their eggs but the rest of the season plus I don't know how many years. 230 00:24:21,19 --> 00:24:25,58 As a sunset so been exceptionally cold so we see on 231 00:24:25,59 --> 00:24:31,58 a beach not far away like my friend marine biologist and a Bernard trots 232 00:24:31,59 --> 00:24:34,63 a transmitter turtle standing close to shore and in 233 00:24:34,64 --> 00:24:41,39 a few moments and her crew of 20. 2 years will have the privilege with the city 234 00:24:41,89 --> 00:24:47,47 one of the various sites in nature still sea turtle coming to sed 235 00:24:48,05 --> 00:24:51,11 good name is such a shock such 236 00:24:51,12 --> 00:24:56,42 a doesn't know or care about the erosion or the deaths on the roadway to night she 237 00:24:56,43 --> 00:25:02,79 has only one purpose and scope cameras employed so as not to disturb such 238 00:25:02,80 --> 00:25:07,87 a biologist how to bring the odd describes the action as it unfolds. 239 00:25:09,86 --> 00:25:13,56 She. Is coming to. 240 00:25:14,11 --> 00:25:20,52 Please she's trying to decide whether she was 241 00:25:20,80 --> 00:25:25,58 pleased to see her heel 242 00:25:25,59 --> 00:25:28,22 E.Q. 243 00:25:28,31 --> 00:25:28,83 Come out of 244 00:25:28,84 --> 00:25:40,23 a Cleveland 245 00:25:40,67 --> 00:25:46,60 sleep so I called the cinema to come to 246 00:25:46,91 --> 00:25:53,74 a hotly just so you know and she said Speak up to talk 247 00:25:53,75 --> 00:25:59,48 Lisa See that transmitter that's where video 248 00:26:00,29 --> 00:26:05,37 clip that's how we feel that she said this it's easy to keep. 249 00:26:09,03 --> 00:26:15,96 This with your 15 minutes to some live to speech is great for the rest because it's 250 00:26:15,97 --> 00:26:21,45 dark there's no gods there's houses but they're lovely people she gets 251 00:26:21,46 --> 00:26:28,40 ugly all the other beaches are going to be right but it's clear 252 00:26:28,45 --> 00:26:30,02 and minds she turns from 253 00:26:30,03 --> 00:26:37,06 lastly 254 00:26:37,25 --> 00:26:43,59 right up at the top of. This far away from the high tide as she can get She's 255 00:26:44,01 --> 00:26:47,18 lucky this looks like just 256 00:26:47,19 --> 00:26:52,45 leave. 257 00:26:57,34 --> 00:26:59,10 Grant's contrast. 258 00:27:03,28 --> 00:27:13,81 Loveless 259 00:27:13,81 --> 00:27:15,85 . That took such 260 00:27:15,86 --> 00:27:22,72 a long time. And half of the nest she's done. 261 00:27:25,47 --> 00:27:32,06 Complete burial just says back suckers that's all she uses. For all that work to 262 00:27:32,07 --> 00:27:34,38 bury those almost $200.00 eggs. 263 00:27:41,55 --> 00:27:46,41 Sikes there's a branch in her way. It's an amp 264 00:27:46,42 --> 00:27:53,39 a tree branch and all fallen trees. Too many of these alien trees and plants around 265 00:27:53,40 --> 00:28:00,05 here. She's not used to. This really know what to do with that 266 00:28:01,03 --> 00:28:07,05 so foreign to her she's going to get stuck. And I have to go I've got 267 00:28:07,06 --> 00:28:26,52 a helper. There 268 00:28:26,52 --> 00:28:26,52 . 269 00:28:36,48 --> 00:28:42,99 She made it. To the wire crew we'll go 270 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:47,18 over here so you don't close your eyes or. 271 00:28:50,13 --> 00:28:55,41 You. Will we leap. 272 00:28:57,54 --> 00:29:02,11 On a relatively small piece of coastline near a national wildlife refuge on 273 00:29:02,12 --> 00:29:08,79 a rapidly developing island only such and 2 other adult egg bearing would spill 274 00:29:08,80 --> 00:29:14,48 females are known to exist with numbers that small Some may wonder. If it is worth 275 00:29:14,49 --> 00:29:20,99 protecting the turtle at all. I think the word is respect which is how it is who. 276 00:29:22,29 --> 00:29:28,87 He needs Majesty that each thing you respect within his has its own Majesty. 277 00:29:30,39 --> 00:29:37,07 So you deserve that true me and I deserve that from you and so on and we 278 00:29:37,08 --> 00:29:43,96 find if we do this. If we respect and show 279 00:29:43,97 --> 00:29:50,96 it and do it then. We can balance I need 280 00:29:51,05 --> 00:29:56,06 a yes with the other person this is just as we pass an easy Charles needs are in 281 00:29:56,07 --> 00:30:00,83 real understand that eternal has its place so we expect its place. 282 00:30:04,35 --> 00:30:10,94 Everywhere we look at the ocean we see living systems in trouble. Harry see 283 00:30:10,95 --> 00:30:17,70 central to the survival of life in the sea. Where endangered when monk 284 00:30:17,71 --> 00:30:24,47 seals. In the 285 00:30:24,48 --> 00:30:26,04 birthing grounds of the making of 286 00:30:26,05 --> 00:30:33,04 a cent will. The diminishment of losing more noble 287 00:30:33,09 --> 00:30:38,18 and irreplaceable beings from going waters threatens the life blood of the culture 288 00:30:38,19 --> 00:30:45,05 as well. And that's when the turtle comes to preach this is now all. 289 00:30:47,32 --> 00:30:50,75 Right cool and that. Means it's 290 00:30:50,76 --> 00:30:57,66 a pattern back the turn of pattern back is also Kanaka because of the 291 00:30:57,67 --> 00:31:01,98 tattoo on the back which is where the back of the chief was always considered 292 00:31:01,99 --> 00:31:08,75 sacred imitating. Patterns of the back to the shell is 293 00:31:08,76 --> 00:31:14,88 attached to. Even. Died in. 294 00:31:18,98 --> 00:31:24,03 That whole place just in the face of the terms right. 295 00:31:25,57 --> 00:31:32,52 Scummy is. At the top of the 19th century at 296 00:31:32,53 --> 00:31:37,25 the end of his reign the most renowned of all 4 way in chains commitment of the 297 00:31:37,26 --> 00:31:42,47 great lived here in court on the island of lake he built his residence next to this 298 00:31:42,53 --> 00:31:46,21 ancient and you holy temple at 299 00:31:46,22 --> 00:31:56,35 a place called the idea of the church. His 300 00:31:56,36 --> 00:32:00,80 beloved favorite wife prejudgment who was herself descended from 301 00:32:00,81 --> 00:32:06,42 a turtle God. The story is commemorated in the sacred church and you look and 302 00:32:07,11 --> 00:32:13,94 through the centuries. It's not just padded but rhythm. Movements 303 00:32:14,14 --> 00:32:19,71 in fact you don't get patterns with movements there are very few turtles will this 304 00:32:19,72 --> 00:32:25,36 known to exist in Hawaii and they are rarely if ever performed in public this is 305 00:32:25,37 --> 00:32:30,93 because these are regarded as the sacred movements prayers said to Moshe. 306 00:32:32,57 --> 00:32:37,83 On the island of mockery during ancient times there are many famous turtle Guardian 307 00:32:37,84 --> 00:32:43,21 supernatural turtles that protected different parts of the land one of the most 308 00:32:43,22 --> 00:32:50,22 famous of these turtles existed in the West. Along the beaches of kept the 309 00:32:50,23 --> 00:32:57,15 name of this gigantic turtle was. A male turtle and one day while swimming 310 00:32:57,62 --> 00:32:58,81 in the oceans between 311 00:32:58,82 --> 00:33:05,48 a lot more and mostly he came across another huge supernatural 312 00:33:05,49 --> 00:33:12,18 title by the name of. So great was these 2 turtles that they remembered in 313 00:33:12,19 --> 00:33:19,06 chant called. All of the movements of the dance are movements of these 2 turtles 314 00:33:19,07 --> 00:33:23,07 swimming in the great oceans between London. And more. 315 00:33:41,48 --> 00:33:48,02 2000. EK Qaeda all 316 00:33:48,03 --> 00:33:52,66 all the year or even all. 317 00:33:54,21 --> 00:34:00,21 Ananda Elaine more. Qaeda. 318 00:34:02,66 --> 00:34:06,95 Or kind. O. 319 00:34:06,95 --> 00:34:10,62 . K. 320 00:34:10,62 --> 00:34:16,66 . Plan need. A. New. 321 00:34:20,22 --> 00:34:21,38 Oh no. 322 00:34:28,04 --> 00:34:30,20 Even O.E.M. 323 00:34:30,21 --> 00:34:30,81 Lead. 324 00:34:37,46 --> 00:34:42,66 Oh yeah. Each their. 325 00:34:46,63 --> 00:34:46,92 Turn 326 00:34:47,34 --> 00:34:58,33 a whole new. Era. Even 327 00:34:58,33 --> 00:35:00,36 . More police. 328 00:35:12,62 --> 00:35:16,68 Oh. Even 329 00:35:16,69 --> 00:35:23,62 a more open. We. All 330 00:35:23,63 --> 00:35:23,90 kind. 331 00:35:41,04 --> 00:35:45,62 Oh and I don't know. Who. 332 00:35:48,65 --> 00:35:54,25 Even the 0. 0. 333 00:35:56,29 --> 00:36:01,57 00. 00. 000 each. 334 00:36:23,33 --> 00:36:24,43 Hey no no. 335 00:36:36,41 --> 00:36:38,48 For the little one the big island of Hawaii 336 00:36:38,76 --> 00:36:42,83 a painting of will and then hangs in the country club while looking out at the golf 337 00:36:42,84 --> 00:36:48,32 course near the beach of her birth one thing is clear the poor little of today is 338 00:36:48,33 --> 00:36:55,15 no longer the Palooka Wheelus time. Tour buses and visitors descend upon the 339 00:36:55,16 --> 00:37:00,83 once deserted black sand beach and although there are still children to play with. 340 00:37:02,61 --> 00:37:09,60 The fresh water pond will adult for them with your slippers sprockets now. People 341 00:37:09,61 --> 00:37:16,55 still bask in the sun alongside the whole new green sea turtle. And despite 342 00:37:16,56 --> 00:37:23,00 the sign most don't realize that it is home to the Hawks turtle that still comes 343 00:37:23,01 --> 00:37:24,09 here several times 344 00:37:24,10 --> 00:37:30,23 a season under cover story. On national parks Larry cut that you know 345 00:37:31,03 --> 00:37:37,85 keep track. Of the islands after 60 days in commission period and maybe merchants 346 00:37:37,86 --> 00:37:44,12 has been reported that. We should. Right away I'm the one that knows for sure 347 00:37:44,78 --> 00:37:50,69 they're. Still stranded in that. The last thing 348 00:37:50,70 --> 00:37:51,78 a baby turtle needs is 349 00:37:51,79 --> 00:37:58,46 a publicist and then again is dispatched to the beach. Right 350 00:37:58,47 --> 00:38:01,26 here high traffic beach and there's 351 00:38:01,27 --> 00:38:07,83 a lot of pride in my volunteers here said that this morning there's. A pen 352 00:38:08,37 --> 00:38:15,21 and I think that. He or she will show. Them to their belief. 353 00:38:16,46 --> 00:38:22,35 Able to make it out of that stuff on their own are going to undo this make. It so 354 00:38:22,36 --> 00:38:27,63 they think. That they can get out of 355 00:38:27,64 --> 00:38:31,72 a really. Bad. 356 00:38:40,32 --> 00:38:42,75 Several put a little residence hoping today remember 357 00:38:42,76 --> 00:38:49,52 a time when they or someone you used to hunt and eat. In recognition of the 358 00:38:49,53 --> 00:38:55,72 legacy of their beloved total goddess. The same people have become some of the 359 00:38:55,73 --> 00:38:59,99 staunchest defenders of. Their. 360 00:39:05,20 --> 00:39:11,21 Pals that. I. Have just now have. 361 00:39:12,34 --> 00:39:18,13 My boy out of. My home I don't live on. 362 00:39:20,45 --> 00:39:27,15 One. Of the children of to watch. 363 00:39:28,59 --> 00:39:31,16 Others there for the baby turtles but digging 364 00:39:31,17 --> 00:39:37,60 a roadway in the sand. That's things listen to inches long instinctively to the sea 365 00:39:37,61 --> 00:39:42,79 with hesitation they know exactly what to do and they know precisely where they are 366 00:39:42,80 --> 00:39:48,48 going there was no trial and error here no fear this time was I'm not afraid of 367 00:39:48,64 --> 00:39:55,34 crowds gigantic places. Wants to feel the splats leave them no 368 00:39:55,55 --> 00:40:01,57 just. When they enter the sea they already know how to swim and swim they must for 369 00:40:01,58 --> 00:40:06,90 on this most important of all journeys the new born under its entirely on its own. 370 00:40:08,41 --> 00:40:13,61 Alone and adrift in the best and unforgiving ocean no one quite knows for sure 371 00:40:13,87 --> 00:40:19,34 where maybe when the him goes to. Perhaps he felt some laps of seaweed be on the 372 00:40:19,39 --> 00:40:23,84 sidelines until he gets big enough to fend for himself no one knows. 373 00:40:34,13 --> 00:40:35,61 Maybe hatched and is as good 374 00:40:35,62 --> 00:40:40,26 a meal as any for them and he kind of voice that lurk in the deep the most deadly 375 00:40:40,27 --> 00:40:45,00 and most efficient is by far the reef shark she and his cousins will terrorize 376 00:40:45,01 --> 00:40:50,91 totals for their entire lives even to adulthood if the new survives and reaches 377 00:40:50,92 --> 00:40:53,25 sufficient size it will learn if 378 00:40:53,26 --> 00:40:58,73 a sieve measures turning perpendicular to the attack at the last 2nd to frustrate 379 00:40:58,74 --> 00:41:04,59 the Sharks by. And although sharks are scary there is another killer there is even 380 00:41:04,60 --> 00:41:10,03 scarier. A killer that is so very racial. And relenting that it now threatens to 381 00:41:10,04 --> 00:41:17,02 erase 150000000 years of evolution. The ultimate predator. We 382 00:41:17,03 --> 00:41:23,64 have met the killer. And it is us. Some of the killing is 383 00:41:23,65 --> 00:41:30,17 incidental and see. Everything reptile turtles can get easily stuck 384 00:41:30,53 --> 00:41:36,97 and drowned in gill nets ghost nets and abandoned fishing line. Some of the killing 385 00:41:36,98 --> 00:41:42,66 is due to irresponsibility and out of sight out of mind mentality driving on this 386 00:41:42,67 --> 00:41:49,62 thing beaches pesticide and raw sewage runoff plastics left on beaches and some of 387 00:41:49,63 --> 00:41:54,18 it is deliberate cold calculated and on purpose. 388 00:41:57,26 --> 00:42:03,04 It's illegal to transport this while it's illegal to take it you know feeling that 389 00:42:03,05 --> 00:42:06,93 imagine bring it into the United States and this is probably intercepted in one of 390 00:42:06,94 --> 00:42:13,65 the international airports. For centuries spills have been hunted for the exquisite 391 00:42:13,66 --> 00:42:19,59 beauty of its shell the source of natural told to shut as well as for its eggs up 392 00:42:19,60 --> 00:42:24,90 until 1902 the Japanese alone took more than 20000 how expose annually for the 393 00:42:24,91 --> 00:42:28,24 world's oceans to make into ornaments and jewelry 394 00:42:28,69 --> 00:42:34,87 a 1000 of these were juveniles like this one which was stuffed in the walls as 395 00:42:34,88 --> 00:42:41,19 symbols of longevity. Although most nations including Japan are not 396 00:42:41,20 --> 00:42:46,53 a signatory to world wide bans of the taking of spills these confiscated I don't 397 00:42:46,54 --> 00:42:52,58 screw that illegal poaching continues primarily to serve Asian markets in some 398 00:42:52,59 --> 00:42:56,51 places all spills are still being slaughtered for LET there are more oil to make it 399 00:42:56,52 --> 00:42:58,74 to cosmetics and perfume. 400 00:43:03,98 --> 00:43:09,35 The ancient ones also took trouble from the ocean but they did so in much smaller 401 00:43:09,36 --> 00:43:16,31 quantities and do that state different circumstances. In the old days sea turtle 402 00:43:16,32 --> 00:43:18,80 meat and eggs where food source regulated by 403 00:43:18,81 --> 00:43:22,28 a strict couple were taboo system they were 404 00:43:22,29 --> 00:43:28,51 a royal food was served only for chiefs. One chief on the island of Oahu like the 405 00:43:28,52 --> 00:43:34,55 taste of turtles so much he had to spy on or turtle pond before he and his friends 406 00:43:34,56 --> 00:43:40,26 to catch them and women and commoners however were forbidden to eat turtle and 407 00:43:40,32 --> 00:43:45,33 anyone caught doing so suffered the ultimate penalty is death. 408 00:43:48,20 --> 00:43:53,76 It is more than likely however that field chief caught in 8 green sea turtles and 409 00:43:54,42 --> 00:43:58,51 spills probably because all expose themselves have been known to eat 410 00:43:58,52 --> 00:44:03,87 a diet of poisonous sponges there are stories across part of the show that eating 411 00:44:03,88 --> 00:44:04,45 the flesh of 412 00:44:04,46 --> 00:44:11,37 a hot spot might cause sickness or even death. There are also of 413 00:44:11,38 --> 00:44:12,87 its shell being used as 414 00:44:12,88 --> 00:44:20,79 a medicine. When Captain Cook came to the weigh in 77882 415 00:44:20,88 --> 00:44:25,45 took turtle from the sea to help fill the larder of his ships and provide 416 00:44:25,46 --> 00:44:30,70 provisions for his men when he arrived on the island of CO he noticed something 417 00:44:30,71 --> 00:44:35,33 about many of the women there that caught his eye they seem to especially revere 418 00:44:35,34 --> 00:44:41,09 the turtle many would be adorned with this beautiful turtle talisman scar from I 419 00:44:41,50 --> 00:44:47,39 would and would wear them in the manner of bracelets or rings. And although what is 420 00:44:47,40 --> 00:44:52,73 an island associated with turtles another island is more known for its total lore. 421 00:44:55,44 --> 00:44:55,67 As 422 00:44:55,68 --> 00:45:07,67 a clan that you fight. A 423 00:45:07,68 --> 00:45:13,20 mysterious and spiritual I learned of great sorcery and wisdom harbor secluded 424 00:45:13,21 --> 00:45:19,81 nesting beaches that are home to the elusive. It is also home to great mythological 425 00:45:19,82 --> 00:45:24,05 turtles turtle soup can literally move mountains. 426 00:45:30,59 --> 00:45:34,91 And in the story of cutting and healing he see that story of where the birds of the 427 00:45:34,92 --> 00:45:39,54 turtles I these families that live and the turtles the little ones who raise 428 00:45:39,91 --> 00:45:46,86 Foothill. Because this turtle with its 429 00:45:46,87 --> 00:45:52,28 flipper is still there because it creates and we find 430 00:45:52,29 --> 00:45:59,12 a 5 to 75 years will create. That eternal quake so the 431 00:45:59,13 --> 00:46:06,09 Hill. Higher. So you get these quakes that to. 432 00:46:09,07 --> 00:46:13,43 The islands now and then that's because the turtle is still active. 433 00:46:20,98 --> 00:46:26,40 According to the legend of the wind to make that kind on the other the. No kid in 434 00:46:26,41 --> 00:46:30,61 the channel between. Love it was formed from a fragment of 435 00:46:30,62 --> 00:46:36,86 a giant turtle that lived under. The. Molecule he is now 436 00:46:36,87 --> 00:46:41,50 a popular snorkeling spot with sense of tourist go each year to experience 437 00:46:41,51 --> 00:46:42,60 a dream vacation 438 00:46:43,45 --> 00:46:48,33 a young juvenile school turtle narrowly avoids the accidental kick of 439 00:46:48,34 --> 00:46:54,93 a well meaning but unaware diver. Serves his appointment metaphor maybe the. 440 00:46:54,99 --> 00:47:01,72 Best thing we can do for them for the legacy of is just to leave her alone. Give 441 00:47:01,73 --> 00:47:02,07 her 442 00:47:02,08 --> 00:47:11,72 a full space. To protect her. So 443 00:47:11,89 --> 00:47:17,23 get involved learn something Oh I do something with the environment but that's your 444 00:47:17,24 --> 00:47:20,63 obligation now only as a hallway and as a local person as 445 00:47:20,64 --> 00:47:25,95 a person who now lives here called this place home. But it's your obligation as 446 00:47:25,96 --> 00:47:30,43 a human being to do something positive for your world and because you're here and 447 00:47:30,44 --> 00:47:37,41 what you do something. On my back I carried you 448 00:47:37,59 --> 00:47:43,93 across oceans of time I gave you the very land upon which you dwell 449 00:47:44,84 --> 00:47:51,82 from my brain you took the pattern for your own. From my body you took eggs 450 00:47:52,10 --> 00:47:58,35 meat and skin. From my shell you took medicine and 451 00:47:58,36 --> 00:48:04,32 divination. Made hair Combs and bracelets necklaces 452 00:48:04,85 --> 00:48:10,44 trinkets for your eyes to marvel. Plates from which to eat. 453 00:48:11,64 --> 00:48:18,44 Trophies to prophesied your own long jumper to. Daggers and fish 454 00:48:18,45 --> 00:48:25,06 hooks. Now that I am almost gone from you now that I am almost gone 455 00:48:25,73 --> 00:48:31,21 how much more can I give you. You who once loved me 456 00:48:32,17 --> 00:48:39,07 you who carved my story in stone. You who once sang 457 00:48:39,08 --> 00:48:45,21 and danced my song. How much more do you want my cherished one. 458 00:48:49,76 --> 00:48:55,57 In many of the world's great wisdom traditions from the mountains of Tibet to the 459 00:48:55,58 --> 00:49:02,16 burning islands of the Pacific to the great American continent the world rests on 460 00:49:02,17 --> 00:49:05,16 the back of a turtle we now live in 461 00:49:05,17 --> 00:49:10,51 a time where much of the natural world is in decline and although it is still not 462 00:49:10,58 --> 00:49:13,37 too late for us to. This is 463 00:49:13,38 --> 00:49:20,10 a time that begs the question no one wants to see what kind of world would it be 464 00:49:20,11 --> 00:49:26,65 without. Without. Complete 465 00:49:27,54 --> 00:49:34,26 I. Mean what do. We need to do 466 00:49:34,42 --> 00:49:39,75 to come to want to move. As me we're losing something we're losing. 467 00:49:42,01 --> 00:49:47,85 Family. I think where we're losers. 468 00:49:49,25 --> 00:49:55,56 If we did our world to the extent that there is no war variety but just us around I 469 00:49:55,57 --> 00:50:02,56 think. Well 470 00:50:02,86 --> 00:50:08,42 we killing ourselves in the long run we're killing us 471 00:50:11,32 --> 00:50:17,85 too it should pay attention to what species are being driven to 472 00:50:17,86 --> 00:50:23,88 extinction by over overhunting over everything. 473 00:50:26,70 --> 00:50:31,91 There should be so proportional respect that we should just be feeding ourselves 474 00:50:32,08 --> 00:50:38,93 very very destroying our food. Or our neighbors in space or whatever. 475 00:50:40,43 --> 00:50:44,93 If we can keep the universe and I buy with as intact as we can we have 476 00:50:44,94 --> 00:50:45,52 a problem with 477 00:50:45,88 --> 00:50:53,07 a war very future then when they're all gone. Everything is. No 478 00:50:53,08 --> 00:50:57,23 longer with us so the turmoil is one of those things. 479 00:51:00,23 --> 00:51:04,31 Oh no. Come up for. 480 00:51:06,60 --> 00:51:08,23 You. 481 00:51:13,84 --> 00:51:15,96 Call me as there's 482 00:51:15,97 --> 00:51:20,87 a late gives. And as long as we join together to make sure that states have 483 00:51:20,88 --> 00:51:27,50 a chance to make to the ancient of the sea there was. A lame duck school turtle. 484 00:51:28,97 --> 00:51:31,54 The mysterious red turtle looks like he is. 485 00:51:43,09 --> 00:51:43,64 Also 486 00:51:43,65 --> 00:51:50,14 a new. Turtle rising in the bung the sea oh we cherish your life of 487 00:51:50,19 --> 00:51:56,70 dark and late cherish your breath your beauty in the late 488 00:51:57,12 --> 00:52:03,73 your pattern mistress your red French. Your graceful movements beneath 489 00:52:04,00 --> 00:52:10,49 her baking the world who. You can. Call for leave. 490 00:52:13,21 --> 00:52:16,35 Hey no no. Me Yeah yeah. 491 00:52:47,04 --> 00:52:50,53 Yeah. Yeah. 492 00:52:58,64 --> 00:52:59,06 Yeah yeah. 493 00:53:38,48 --> 00:53:38,64 But. 494 00:54:35,60 --> 00:54:41,18 Then I think. Maisie. Was 495 00:54:41,19 --> 00:54:45,03 a privilege to have been part of that and see all the wonderful faces 496 00:54:45,04 --> 00:54:49,66 a beautiful voices that were captured so just 497 00:54:49,67 --> 00:54:52,00 a little update since that was done 498 00:54:52,04 --> 00:54:58,10 a little while ago just figuring out it was 20 years ago. Most of you realize 499 00:54:58,11 --> 00:54:58,27 there's 500 00:54:58,28 --> 00:55:03,73 a sense now. If seen the fence you might have helped repair it and so we don't have 501 00:55:03,74 --> 00:55:09,06 the hospitals trying to cross the road and get run over on that highway anymore and 502 00:55:09,49 --> 00:55:13,58 Fish and Wildlife Service is in charge of repairing that fence Now we did help them 503 00:55:13,59 --> 00:55:19,21 for 18 years to do that all of our community members so now were are better there 504 00:55:19,90 --> 00:55:26,74 but they're still threatened by lighting beach lighting and. Other 505 00:55:26,78 --> 00:55:29,65 kinds of things that might have hacked them like the predators the mongoose are 506 00:55:29,66 --> 00:55:34,19 still there so we're out there were camping out at night or watching over them or 507 00:55:34,20 --> 00:55:40,91 protecting their nests we have now tagged 11 females back then. The hero is 508 00:55:40,92 --> 00:55:46,42 talking about 3 bills that have been tagged and 3 that have been stranded we've 509 00:55:46,46 --> 00:55:51,83 instrumented 9 that's it that's have how rare they are is that there's only about 510 00:55:52,10 --> 00:55:57,74 one maybe 2 nesting per year and so we watch over those. 511 00:55:59,06 --> 00:56:02,52 We know about if we don't know about them we can't watch over them so we're still 512 00:56:02,53 --> 00:56:06,75 dependent on the community to let us know if there are tracks on the beach in the 513 00:56:06,76 --> 00:56:10,56 morning we have wonderful people many in this room are you are those who are 514 00:56:10,57 --> 00:56:14,86 walking in the morning to look for the tracks and then report them to us so that we 515 00:56:14,87 --> 00:56:19,04 can go and watch over the nests and then we can watch over the females while she's 516 00:56:19,05 --> 00:56:22,93 nesting so we're still doing that we've been doing it this will be our 23rd year 517 00:56:22,94 --> 00:56:29,10 now here on Maui and you saw that group on the big island it's now. The younger 518 00:56:29,11 --> 00:56:33,80 generation has come in Larry is retired there's other people like learning to PETA 519 00:56:34,27 --> 00:56:36,21 who are running that project on have I.E. 520 00:56:36,22 --> 00:56:41,07 Island where there's still the lion's share of the Nestors still the population is 521 00:56:41,08 --> 00:56:47,06 fairly flat lined maybe around 100 nesting females and all of the archipelago our 522 00:56:47,12 --> 00:56:50,64 work has shown that they don't migrate away they stay in the main Hawaiian Islands 523 00:56:50,90 --> 00:56:55,44 and they don't swim away even to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands they stay 524 00:56:55,45 --> 00:57:01,20 locally so they're more vulnerable to everything we do because they're. Only living 525 00:57:01,77 --> 00:57:08,67 right near shore and in our waters. So I love to give Magda some time to 526 00:57:08,68 --> 00:57:11,19 talk about the project that we want to share with you 527 00:57:11,20 --> 00:57:15,89 a little bit tonight and then we'll take questions after that about hospitals and 528 00:57:15,90 --> 00:57:20,38 green sea turtles but Magda's down at the beach watching over the green turtles 529 00:57:20,47 --> 00:57:26,77 where they bask in one of the most important beaches in all of her. And it's here 530 00:57:26,78 --> 00:57:33,60 right here on Maui and we traditionally don't name this beach because there are so 531 00:57:33,61 --> 00:57:36,76 many people who go down there to see the turtles that it's become 532 00:57:36,77 --> 00:57:39,27 a challenge for our community and I let Magnus because 533 00:57:39,28 --> 00:57:44,06 a little bit about that but we might want to name it tonight just because we want 534 00:57:44,07 --> 00:57:49,12 you to know that we are there we've been there for 10 years Magnus been going down 535 00:57:49,13 --> 00:57:54,32 there and taking care of the turtles there for 7 years were there every single day 536 00:57:54,45 --> 00:57:59,61 later in the day but only in the morning so I'll let Magnus share a little 537 00:57:59,76 --> 00:58:03,34 a bit about that project what we're watching over the green as we do watch over the 538 00:58:03,35 --> 00:58:08,50 nesting greens as well we do have 2 green sea turtle Nestle ready this summer we're 539 00:58:08,51 --> 00:58:14,46 watching over so I'll let Maggie speak about the Greens her hone and thank you and 540 00:58:14,46 --> 00:58:19,85 . Thank you guys enjoy the movie tonight and thank you A.J. 541 00:58:19,85 --> 00:58:26,61 . I've been working for life on for 7 years now and. 542 00:58:28,00 --> 00:58:30,42 So the beach is 543 00:58:30,43 --> 00:58:36,03 a Hokie but I'm sure you guys been there and we need of you gets been there. Yes 544 00:58:36,04 --> 00:58:42,47 touch their own if you pass that I. Just want to share my experience been there for 545 00:58:42,48 --> 00:58:48,24 7 years and how to work with the community how to balance a visitor and 546 00:58:48,25 --> 00:58:54,07 a community. This beach is very popular for surfing guy surfing 547 00:58:54,27 --> 00:58:56,62 snorkeling and it's also 548 00:58:56,63 --> 00:59:03,24 a beautiful beach that the community the community enjoy. So we get 549 00:59:03,74 --> 00:59:09,89 a lot of visitors on the beach so we can speak 62 to 300 people 550 00:59:09,90 --> 00:59:16,38 a day but the most we got it with last year was 60600 people 551 00:59:16,94 --> 00:59:23,51 so we being collecting data since 2008 in how we weigh life own name 150 turtles 552 00:59:24,05 --> 00:59:30,98 so since 2008 the population is growing so the most we see year on the beach is 185 553 00:59:30,98 --> 00:59:36,46 . So more people on the beach so we try to. 554 00:59:37,77 --> 00:59:41,53 Make happy both the community and if you see here so 555 00:59:41,54 --> 00:59:47,17 a visitor just come on the beach we all know we have all this sign on the beach for 556 00:59:47,18 --> 00:59:53,93 them is not enough clear for them so the community deal with wall for us is illegal 557 00:59:54,56 --> 00:59:59,12 so we still look forward the law so the law in Hawaii is 15 feet. 558 01:00:01,64 --> 01:00:01,79 And 559 01:00:01,80 --> 01:00:06,40 a whole keep by it's not easy to get 15 feet so yet so many people we had people that 560 01:00:06,41 --> 01:00:07,83 cross the line to go is 561 01:00:07,84 --> 01:00:13,33 a public beach so people are allowed to go any beach so we try to educate the 562 01:00:13,34 --> 01:00:20,27 visitor how to help us so we have busier I don't want to listen and what we do we 563 01:00:20,28 --> 01:00:26,87 just like the movie say their share. In these 2 had to 564 01:00:26,88 --> 01:00:33,83 respect and that's all we do so we have some attitude you know gauges more and more 565 01:00:34,25 --> 01:00:39,88 and we just. Stay calm and then been training with Hannah I just want to sit thank 566 01:00:39,89 --> 01:00:46,68 you we all her I thing we get she been we've been training so well and we 567 01:00:46,69 --> 01:00:50,08 L.D.S. Protecting the turtle is a lot 568 01:00:50,09 --> 01:00:54,41 a spirit and share. To teach us 569 01:00:54,42 --> 01:01:01,26 a lot about patients and how to be yet how to be with people how to talk 570 01:01:01,88 --> 01:01:07,42 and is no easy because it's hot and if you guys want to looking for us is we have 571 01:01:08,01 --> 01:01:08,50 we have 572 01:01:08,55 --> 01:01:15,11 a blue shirt and it's hot it's it's sometimes very we get like big 573 01:01:15,12 --> 01:01:21,55 surf like 30 feet waves foot waves and then we always on the beach something we're 574 01:01:21,56 --> 01:01:28,17 on the top because it's. It's very heights I some people just come 575 01:01:28,65 --> 01:01:35,02 late they don't know what to do to lose the bag lose sleepers and we dare to tell 576 01:01:35,03 --> 01:01:40,25 them because he had to be stay up to the nobody listened and that's what happened 577 01:01:40,61 --> 01:01:46,13 so yeah we had to be there every day but we give all the time we have interesting 578 01:01:46,17 --> 01:01:52,97 come from different country try to come here and learn. Knowledge and culture and 579 01:01:52,98 --> 01:01:59,72 that's all we do and we feel we know have value. In. The 580 01:01:59,73 --> 01:02:03,16 most a person is. It's not just 581 01:02:03,20 --> 01:02:09,43 a visitor we have the community of these beaches that go every day fishing and 582 01:02:09,44 --> 01:02:16,39 diving and the beach is the exits so what we do ages can you should example 583 01:02:16,43 --> 01:02:23,42 to the visitor and if you know the largest share. With the law here and 584 01:02:23,43 --> 01:02:29,86 then share that's the whole keep I mean is where coming in I know is to love both 585 01:02:29,87 --> 01:02:36,60 side the ocean and. The ANA and for me it's been working for 7 586 01:02:36,61 --> 01:02:37,63 years I learned 587 01:02:37,64 --> 01:02:44,54 a lot is yet is is no easy is very challenging 588 01:02:44,86 --> 01:02:51,05 but I love it because I was channelling and the little she gave to teach educate 589 01:02:51,14 --> 01:02:57,77 respect visitor calm to give it back to them but the respect and then. 590 01:02:59,23 --> 01:03:05,48 Community is just had to work together to make people happy to to educate nice to 591 01:03:05,65 --> 01:03:11,45 to the visitor and we work on that Avery day is no easy. Yet we 592 01:03:12,17 --> 01:03:19,15 these come visit that's. Chance but we need people on the beach and right now we 593 01:03:19,16 --> 01:03:25,27 have a nesting season so. Just visit our website we have Facebook we need 594 01:03:25,28 --> 01:03:31,45 a lot of body to to help us it is no easy I love it 595 01:03:32,11 --> 01:03:38,63 safe he gets care very much so please just check it out and come join us. 596 01:03:40,22 --> 01:03:44,68 Thank you. I just have 597 01:03:44,69 --> 01:03:51,62 a strong accent so I speak French and they share. Any 598 01:03:51,63 --> 01:03:58,40 question you get. I was wondering what happened between having 35 of the red 599 01:03:58,41 --> 01:04:04,16 turtles who give birth to 200 at one time what happens to all those babies. 600 01:04:06,37 --> 01:04:09,59 Right through is an experience so maybe she's like 601 01:04:09,60 --> 01:04:16,40 a green sea turtle. And then the green steel can make 180 to 200 602 01:04:17,36 --> 01:04:23,64 but the Hawks abilities so that hospitals I think what you're getting at is how 603 01:04:23,65 --> 01:04:29,87 many survive. So you heard what you said one in 604 01:04:29,88 --> 01:04:36,60 1000 or one in 10000 maybe survive to adulthood so when we look at the 605 01:04:36,61 --> 01:04:41,02 ocean today. Aside from from predators that are 606 01:04:41,03 --> 01:04:45,09 a natural part of the ecosystem like all the marine life that were shown in the 607 01:04:45,10 --> 01:04:50,31 film and some of the land based predators like that are native to this place like 608 01:04:50,32 --> 01:04:55,81 crabs those that are not like mongoose they're going to eat their eggs before they 609 01:04:55,82 --> 01:05:00,13 even develop but once they get in the ocean what is 610 01:05:00,52 --> 01:05:05,87 a big problem anybody no. NET 611 01:05:06,67 --> 01:05:12,30 plastics plastics. Would say. Here. 612 01:05:14,16 --> 01:05:20,94 Oh do you mean to hand you that Mike. High on the west 613 01:05:20,95 --> 01:05:27,32 side of Maui. I've been swimming there snorkeling for about 5 years so I've seen 614 01:05:27,33 --> 01:05:34,08 the changes of the sea life and I've been with them when they have their tumors and 615 01:05:34,46 --> 01:05:40,23 you know they can't open their mouths or they are missing part of their. Limbs you 616 01:05:40,24 --> 01:05:44,09 know the sea turtle most people don't know that they're the recycler of the ocean 617 01:05:44,41 --> 01:05:44,64 like 618 01:05:44,65 --> 01:05:51,02 a whale is out in you know in the main part but they're close to the sure so you 619 01:05:51,03 --> 01:05:55,15 know they're eating the plastic so I swam next to one that ate 620 01:05:55,16 --> 01:06:00,21 a jellyfish that I didn't see him because I was trailing and giving the sea turtle 621 01:06:00,22 --> 01:06:06,99 some space. And then she also ate the plastic and she also had 622 01:06:07,00 --> 01:06:13,59 fishing hooks and her she had one in her arm. One and her neck 623 01:06:14,06 --> 01:06:20,67 so discarded fishing lines. What else was it again say about it's 624 01:06:21,42 --> 01:06:25,92 so I'm entering this young lady's question so plastics are 625 01:06:25,93 --> 01:06:30,30 a significant problem right because they're they're feeding on the plastic they're 626 01:06:30,34 --> 01:06:35,10 accidentally consuming it as well as mistaking it for their prey but it's in more 627 01:06:35,11 --> 01:06:40,37 in the very small phase the post hatchling phase when they're just coming out of 628 01:06:40,38 --> 01:06:44,36 the nest and they're spending their 1st maybe 8 to 10 years of their lives near 629 01:06:44,37 --> 01:06:48,60 shore what we're finding with oxbows is they don't tend to migrate away we've found 630 01:06:48,61 --> 01:06:53,41 evidence that they're staying closer to shore than maybe some of the species do and 631 01:06:53,46 --> 01:06:57,49 we're finding with stranded animals that they are consuming plastics in 632 01:06:57,50 --> 01:07:03,86 a very young face so they may be dying because the plastic is displacing food and 633 01:07:04,08 --> 01:07:08,62 causing them to not have enough fluids as well as desiccation So it could be that 634 01:07:08,63 --> 01:07:08,74 is 635 01:07:08,75 --> 01:07:13,85 a problem but it's all the other things is getting in Tangled the net it's not easy 636 01:07:13,86 --> 01:07:14,24 to be 637 01:07:14,25 --> 01:07:19,54 a turtle in this world that an easy being green or green turtles so there's lots of 638 01:07:19,55 --> 01:07:25,34 threats there's also the changing water temperature our ocean is warming up and 639 01:07:25,35 --> 01:07:29,28 we're seeing a change in the sex ratio so now we've got a lot more 640 01:07:29,32 --> 01:07:34,00 a much higher percentage closer to 90 percent in some cases of the of the nest 641 01:07:34,01 --> 01:07:39,08 composition is female so we're going to see another shift because of that then 642 01:07:39,09 --> 01:07:43,36 there's also the loss of nesting beaches so we've got an increase in our green 643 01:07:43,37 --> 01:07:48,32 turtles now happening but the future is very uncertain for greens because we've 644 01:07:48,33 --> 01:07:53,31 lost one of the most important nesting beaches it's pretty well in tatters Easter 645 01:07:53,32 --> 01:07:58,35 Island up in French frigate shoals was destroyed by Hurricane Wilma last October so 646 01:07:58,39 --> 01:08:00,42 it's there but it's it's 647 01:08:00,43 --> 01:08:05,15 a shadow of its former self so we really don't know what the future holds for 648 01:08:05,16 --> 01:08:10,58 turtles with the loss of nesting habitat forging habitat tumors in the green 649 01:08:10,59 --> 01:08:14,69 turtles and all of these things that so the chances of of growing up to adulthood 650 01:08:14,74 --> 01:08:21,08 are probably less than one when this film was made 20 years ago. Yes Did that 651 01:08:21,09 --> 01:08:21,79 answer your question. 652 01:08:28,99 --> 01:08:34,77 Thank you for doing all of that how can the community help and secondly are you 653 01:08:34,78 --> 01:08:41,33 government funded how do you get your funds I mean anything around to place great 654 01:08:41,34 --> 01:08:48,28 questions thank you so the community can help by volunteering as Magda said Come 655 01:08:48,29 --> 01:08:52,86 and join us we have need for volunteers to help us on the beaches there's 656 01:08:52,87 --> 01:08:57,00 a lot of beaches that have basking turtles now not just that one that we named 657 01:08:57,01 --> 01:08:58,64 earlier and so there's 658 01:08:58,65 --> 01:09:03,19 a problem with people getting too close and disturbing them and harassing them back 659 01:09:03,20 --> 01:09:07,63 into the water not realizing that the love for the turtles can cause them to be 660 01:09:07,64 --> 01:09:11,32 displaced from their preferred habitat so we're trying to teach people how to 661 01:09:11,33 --> 01:09:15,62 behave and share the beach that's the main thing so we want all of you to know that 662 01:09:15,63 --> 01:09:20,23 you can help even if you don't join us on the beach give turtle space if you see 663 01:09:20,24 --> 01:09:26,41 them in the water or if you see them on land give them as Magda said about 15 feet 664 01:09:26,45 --> 01:09:32,73 10 to 15 feet is our recommendation it is illegal to harass and disturb any sea 665 01:09:32,74 --> 01:09:34,24 turtles and U.S. 666 01:09:34,40 --> 01:09:40,13 Waters or on the beaches so. If you cause them to leave the habitat that they're in 667 01:09:40,14 --> 01:09:44,41 that can be considered disturbance then of course we certainly could use help with 668 01:09:44,76 --> 01:09:48,72 with support from lots of different angles whether you have skills that you want to 669 01:09:48,73 --> 01:09:54,16 contribute to us with helping us with social media campaigns or donating to our 670 01:09:54,17 --> 01:09:54,93 cause we have 671 01:09:55,16 --> 01:10:00,09 a website you can find more out about us and our needs and how to help us that way 672 01:10:00,47 --> 01:10:05,88 as well. And the government funding Oh thank you for that reminder So we've lost 673 01:10:05,89 --> 01:10:10,93 government funding the government ministration has changed as you know and now 674 01:10:11,05 --> 01:10:17,01 there is no longer funding for us we had been funded by the government agencies to 675 01:10:17,05 --> 01:10:21,38 do the kind of work that they do to manage the turtles and protect them because 676 01:10:21,39 --> 01:10:24,62 they don't have the resource. And now priorities have changed and we're no longer 677 01:10:24,63 --> 01:10:29,82 funded at all by the government agencies that are tasked with managing the species 678 01:10:29,83 --> 01:10:34,82 because there's others that they've changed priorities and have to rearrange their 679 01:10:34,83 --> 01:10:41,12 funding to support so we we we need help we need help from good people caring 680 01:10:41,13 --> 01:10:46,57 people to support our work everybody can help if they want any any amount helps. 681 01:10:51,56 --> 01:10:58,16 Mahalo to 2 questions related only because they relate to the whole new so the 1st 682 01:10:58,17 --> 01:11:04,93 is on the big island where last year's rift eruptions damaging to any of the 683 01:11:04,97 --> 01:11:10,84 nesting areas for the green for the Hawks bills there on the Big Island question is 684 01:11:11,37 --> 01:11:17,25 you know 10 years ago we never saw I never saw turtles at the Camay only beach 685 01:11:17,26 --> 01:11:24,00 parks here over the last 5 years it seems to me like I see more 686 01:11:24,26 --> 01:11:30,57 and more. Of the green sea turtles at the camp at the cam $12.00 and $3.00 687 01:11:31,23 --> 01:11:36,56 and is that is that true of the population is increasing at the beach parks. 688 01:11:39,84 --> 01:11:43,81 So the green sea population is growing everywhere not just on the south 689 01:11:43,82 --> 01:11:46,15 a mile we'll one Highness I was also on 690 01:11:46,16 --> 01:11:53,05 a no show so if she see one of these just because. Maybe nobody was on the beach 691 01:11:53,06 --> 01:11:56,81 and didn't stay longer when because the population is so big in 692 01:11:57,08 --> 01:11:59,86 a so when people go hike walk on 693 01:11:59,87 --> 01:12:05,88 a beach to stay so they going to be leaving on the beach go back on the ocean and I 694 01:12:05,89 --> 01:12:08,16 believe yet the green sea population is 695 01:12:08,20 --> 01:12:15,01 a growing so like on in the show to keep. Sayin baby 696 01:12:15,02 --> 01:12:16,55 beach so that it took 697 01:12:16,56 --> 01:12:23,41 a don't stay longer because people go hike walk on the beach and dog. If you see 698 01:12:23,48 --> 01:12:28,29 anybody to school clothes just take Beecher in like 699 01:12:28,30 --> 01:12:32,63 a educated guess tonight maybe you can share that we have a lot 700 01:12:32,86 --> 01:12:36,51 a lot of people don't know the law and what to do with you know when you see that 701 01:12:36,52 --> 01:12:41,37 the movie shoot and I hate those border too little when you close to them 702 01:12:41,38 --> 01:12:48,34 a just the way how you. Friend it. Like 30 to one year is beautiful but 703 01:12:49,00 --> 01:12:53,81 try. On 704 01:12:53,82 --> 01:12:58,35 a dress that Red Sonja So actually we did a survey we have a branch 705 01:12:58,59 --> 01:12:59,50 a Wildlife Fund has 706 01:12:59,51 --> 01:13:03,82 a group on the Big Island based on what ya'll and as well and we did do 707 01:13:03,83 --> 01:13:08,11 a survey of that area because there were so many people who were concerned about 708 01:13:08,49 --> 01:13:10,63 the turtles that were trapped seemed to be 709 01:13:10,64 --> 01:13:16,76 a trapped in in hot water literally and so we did do some aerial surveys in that in 710 01:13:16,77 --> 01:13:23,49 that region and by the time we were able to secure the access to the air because it 711 01:13:23,50 --> 01:13:25,23 wasn't you know open for 712 01:13:25,24 --> 01:13:31,20 a while it didn't we couldn't document any major change or metered stranding events 713 01:13:31,34 --> 01:13:36,18 probably some turtles there were some some social media footage that was posted of 714 01:13:36,22 --> 01:13:36,58 look like 715 01:13:36,59 --> 01:13:43,16 a turtle in water that was probably too hot to be healthy so there may have been 716 01:13:43,17 --> 01:13:46,11 some that didn't make it because of 717 01:13:46,58 --> 01:13:52,87 a flow for the nesting habitat there was actually the group was that manages that 718 01:13:52,88 --> 01:13:57,64 beach coming how many were not able to access it as well and they've they've been 719 01:13:57,65 --> 01:14:02,91 working more and more through the rest of this past spring trying to catch up and 720 01:14:02,92 --> 01:14:09,01 see what's going on out there and so we haven't heard of any major loss of nesting 721 01:14:09,02 --> 01:14:15,83 habitat due to the sun and the flow but there's definitely been some 722 01:14:15,84 --> 01:14:21,43 impacts at the time of the flow but most for the most part it happened in such 723 01:14:21,44 --> 01:14:26,65 a way that and. Could get out of the way and that's that's part of the natural 724 01:14:26,69 --> 01:14:31,92 system so you know if they have these kind of going to flow with and then you know 725 01:14:31,93 --> 01:14:32,56 you get out of 726 01:14:32,57 --> 01:14:39,43 a way hope the wildlife does that to. Have. A Hi Thanks for all your great. 727 01:14:41,19 --> 01:14:47,75 I'm wondering how come there isn't more in Foresman around fines for people who get 728 01:14:47,76 --> 01:14:52,99 too close to the Turtles and harass the turtles and the dogs I mean I can't go for 729 01:14:53,00 --> 01:14:57,00 a walk on the beach and not see somebody too close to 730 01:14:57,01 --> 01:15:03,98 a turtle on the north shore it's all the time it's pervasive and I'll tell you 731 01:15:03,99 --> 01:15:10,50 I've tried to talk to people nicely and gotten so much heat like I don't even try 732 01:15:10,51 --> 01:15:16,38 anymore so is there any that it mean if people are being fined that would also 733 01:15:16,39 --> 01:15:21,61 raise money in another kind of idea I had is how about something on air lines 734 01:15:22,12 --> 01:15:27,99 before that are coming in to Hawaii to educate people about the 10 foot $1015.00 735 01:15:28,00 --> 01:15:33,13 foot rule for turtles on every airlines so people know. 736 01:15:35,47 --> 01:15:41,71 Yeah thank you and I hear you I I feel you there is that frustration of feeling 737 01:15:41,72 --> 01:15:45,54 like people are getting so close to the Turtles and Magnus certainly experiences 738 01:15:45,55 --> 01:15:52,09 that working down there at that very important beach so the truth is the 739 01:15:52,10 --> 01:15:56,26 agency that is tasked with enforcing harassment to turtles fish and wildlife 740 01:15:56,27 --> 01:15:59,63 service and nationally Fishery Service but predominantly it's U.S. 741 01:15:59,64 --> 01:16:05,25 Fish and Wildlife Service. They do need to be called and have photos taken if 742 01:16:05,26 --> 01:16:09,69 they're going to. Do an enforcement action so does the partner of land and natural 743 01:16:09,70 --> 01:16:16,38 resources they could actually be involved as well and what we've learned over the 744 01:16:16,39 --> 01:16:20,48 course of the 10 years that we've been involved in doing this work just for the 745 01:16:20,49 --> 01:16:27,03 basking issue is that. With enforcement situations that education is key 746 01:16:27,24 --> 01:16:32,99 and it's difficult to enforce. When. 747 01:16:34,02 --> 01:16:40,83 There's people who are actually poaching turtles in some parts of. The Pacific and 748 01:16:40,84 --> 01:16:46,52 taking endangered species in and trafficking and wildlife it is considered there 749 01:16:46,53 --> 01:16:49,87 has to be an egregious case quite often established there needs to be 750 01:16:50,31 --> 01:16:54,88 a clear demonstration of harassment it's difficult on the other hand if enough 751 01:16:54,89 --> 01:17:00,15 people feel like there's harassment going on all the time and complain then we can 752 01:17:00,16 --> 01:17:05,56 get in Foresman officers down and to be present more often and that's probably the 753 01:17:05,57 --> 01:17:10,83 next step that needs to happen is to get that just guys out there more of the 754 01:17:10,93 --> 01:17:14,47 Foresman officers out watching but harassment is 755 01:17:14,48 --> 01:17:19,53 a difficult thing it's these animals are habituated 756 01:17:19,57 --> 01:17:23,51 a lot of them and they may not move if you get You see people getting close to them 757 01:17:23,52 --> 01:17:29,30 with dogs or walking by they might not appear to be disturbed and so it's 758 01:17:29,31 --> 01:17:34,49 a difficult thing sometimes to prove disturbance and it may be that it's more 759 01:17:34,50 --> 01:17:38,43 effective in a lot of times many people just don't realize that there's 760 01:17:38,44 --> 01:17:42,35 a turtle on the beach it might even not see it or they think it just doesn't matter 761 01:17:42,39 --> 01:17:47,40 they might not realize that it is it is exhibiting stress internally and we just 762 01:17:47,41 --> 01:17:52,24 can't see it we're not measuring it but it it might be displaced from that area so 763 01:17:52,25 --> 01:17:58,47 we tell people they may not be afraid of us but they can be annoyed they can be 764 01:17:58,48 --> 01:18:03,28 stressed they can be displaced from preferred habitat and that's why we're asking 765 01:18:03,29 --> 01:18:08,89 people for 10 to 15 feet 10 to 15 feet is not written into the law in the under the 766 01:18:08,90 --> 01:18:13,79 Endangered Species Act It's not a distance it's it's 767 01:18:13,80 --> 01:18:20,10 a type of disturbance so we have to be very clear how we are interpreting the law 768 01:18:20,14 --> 01:18:26,25 and it's not just us it's. Enforcement enforcement agencies have to be called in so 769 01:18:26,29 --> 01:18:30,32 we're working on that but we depend on your help to if you see 770 01:18:30,33 --> 01:18:34,34 a situation and you want to take pictures and send them into the department of land 771 01:18:34,35 --> 01:18:38,40 and natural resources don't care Department of Conservation or resource enforcement 772 01:18:38,69 --> 01:18:42,49 that's who I would I would start just letting them know you're seeing things and 773 01:18:42,50 --> 01:18:46,49 you want some action taken that's the best way to do it where our main job is what 774 01:18:46,50 --> 01:18:51,73 we're doing down there on the beaches is trying to educate not so much and act any 775 01:18:51,74 --> 01:18:58,66 kind of in force met because we're not enforcement officers to. This we see 776 01:18:58,67 --> 01:19:04,35 a lot of people. Want to give it. 777 01:19:06,22 --> 01:19:06,71 You know we have 778 01:19:06,72 --> 01:19:13,44 a lot of people don't. Let me share with you and example. Who was tough. 779 01:19:15,26 --> 01:19:15,56 It was 780 01:19:15,57 --> 01:19:22,40 a local. Resident. It was 102 on the beach it 781 01:19:22,41 --> 01:19:29,00 was and said time it was the 50 people watching the guys going closer to 2 little 782 01:19:29,26 --> 01:19:33,84 wake up auditor with his stick. So and we did dog 783 01:19:33,90 --> 01:19:38,13 a little she washing. And he woke up about a turtle but it took I did 784 01:19:38,14 --> 01:19:43,63 a movie so I just lay him like OK ways going to do and be prepare what to do 785 01:19:44,40 --> 01:19:48,12 because he's also old person so we do have 786 01:19:48,13 --> 01:19:54,36 a respect for people at the stage so what idea went to see him hey if you leave you 787 01:19:55,11 --> 01:20:00,02 should example you get 50 people over there that watching you take 788 01:20:00,03 --> 01:20:05,15 a picture of you and you can say to them we know doing our job but please just come 789 01:20:05,16 --> 01:20:07,15 back to. Behind 790 01:20:07,16 --> 01:20:11,50 a line so you don't want to move he just gave that it to you and then what I did I 791 01:20:11,51 --> 01:20:15,81 just grabbed the dog with me and I said when you follow me and I want to talk to 792 01:20:15,82 --> 01:20:22,29 you over there and he didn't follow me because I had the dog. And he did he can't 793 01:20:22,30 --> 01:20:28,04 see me and I may say you know and it turns sheer on his chest and they say you know 794 01:20:28,05 --> 01:20:33,92 I don't think. You understand there we'd be you know we'd be happy we're doing it's 795 01:20:33,98 --> 01:20:40,95 a need respect and if you see that. Was mean here is like respect animals 796 01:20:41,87 --> 01:20:47,60 yeah Sammy and. Be happy what are you doing and. 797 01:20:48,96 --> 01:20:55,88 He just grabbed me in his arm and then he said his very sorry and 798 01:20:55,89 --> 01:21:00,15 then very embarrassed him in front of people I say Yeah because they all visitor 799 01:21:00,35 --> 01:21:03,65 and a year and we hear you Kate so and he was 800 01:21:03,66 --> 01:21:10,23 a kid just give it back. The dog he went. And 801 01:21:10,24 --> 01:21:16,37 then the visitor. Is 802 01:21:17,30 --> 01:21:23,14 this I had to be very patient because. Number one they don't know about the law 803 01:21:23,47 --> 01:21:29,87 they very exciting they have keys do they want to be closer to turtles and big 804 01:21:29,88 --> 01:21:31,09 voice so for me once 805 01:21:31,10 --> 01:21:36,98 a big voice is that I need to stay calm and how to talk to people and I did. 806 01:21:38,43 --> 01:21:44,31 Keep my time to touch it took on this big family and for me English is no easy and 807 01:21:44,54 --> 01:21:50,13 very frustrating mix is French the Asian whatever so silky I had to come down and I 808 01:21:50,14 --> 01:21:55,85 went to see the mom and they say no you have. And we here to educate to you my to 809 01:21:55,89 --> 01:21:56,78 respect we now have 810 01:21:56,79 --> 01:22:02,40 a rule but the law exists you know just give 15 Sheryl can stretch the truth escape 811 01:22:02,41 --> 01:22:07,40 the turbos she say oh I pay 5000 to be on Maui and they pay 812 01:22:07,41 --> 01:22:14,31 a lot I'll tell everything I said to and in so I took to 813 01:22:14,32 --> 01:22:20,04 the house then the wife crossed the line with it to sit over there to write 814 01:22:20,05 --> 01:22:26,16 a letter notes on the meat and I took the house and he has and I say this is your 815 01:22:26,17 --> 01:22:31,14 wife they should talk to you like this I say just this example it's late house 816 01:22:31,15 --> 01:22:37,93 would be in the house. Do you mean to help me because this is no respect for 817 01:22:38,02 --> 01:22:43,32 a name we have so much people so what he say just said because people go in the 818 01:22:43,33 --> 01:22:50,20 water swimming. And I say I do agree I do have we here 819 01:22:50,34 --> 01:22:51,88 to not bother to 820 01:22:51,89 --> 01:22:57,67 a day just school in the beach but your wife and your kids did your kids to be 821 01:22:57,68 --> 01:23:04,32 closer to tourists so this is why it make me. And I keep going with 822 01:23:05,09 --> 01:23:10,88 nothing he said go see my wife is all right so I went to see the wife I see all 823 01:23:10,89 --> 01:23:17,17 right yet you say you're keyed into the line in I need to explain to you guys and 824 01:23:17,18 --> 01:23:23,70 she did have respect because everybody was Jani to her visitor the local and her 825 01:23:23,71 --> 01:23:29,78 like the keys was the Keys 1st who went to the line she to be sure she went back 826 01:23:29,79 --> 01:23:34,47 again to be sure and I say I can't argue with you we don't know this attitude here 827 01:23:34,86 --> 01:23:41,50 and there we just do it is to have to respect the kids one with the. Keys when they 828 01:23:41,51 --> 01:23:47,83 left and the mom just swallow him so I just said this is why I love to do the job 829 01:23:47,84 --> 01:23:52,35 is just when somebody comes don't have respect and want to give it back what they 830 01:23:52,36 --> 01:23:59,35 learn is that's very challenging. So I think you've gotten the point 831 01:23:59,36 --> 01:24:05,81 that like Dr Johnson said in the film it's about who he it's about respect teaching 832 01:24:05,82 --> 01:24:12,11 respect so that's the main concept that we try to share teaching respect 833 01:24:12,60 --> 01:24:17,48 respect the turtles and share the beach all of us need to be able to access the 834 01:24:17,49 --> 01:24:23,29 water and not disturb the turtles to do that so we're not saying people shouldn't 835 01:24:23,30 --> 01:24:29,74 be on the beach we're just calling for mutual respect and that's just how you do 836 01:24:30,01 --> 01:24:36,72 sensible wildlife healing so that's what we're teaching. Thank you so 837 01:24:36,73 --> 01:24:41,48 much for all your good questions and for your time tonight we appreciate your time 838 01:24:41,49 --> 01:24:44,84 and all of you who've helped us I can just see 839 01:24:44,85 --> 01:24:51,01 a show of hands how many helped out with our turtle projects over the years. Yeah 840 01:24:51,22 --> 01:24:55,86 a lot of you said thank you and and if you haven't you can come and join us and 841 01:24:55,87 --> 01:24:57,01 help us we still need help. 842 01:24:58,74 --> 01:25:03,27 Thank you.